Region growing and region merging image segmentation

Author(s):  
N. Ikonomatakis ◽  
K.N. Plataniotis ◽  
M. Zervakis ◽  
A.N. Venetsanopoulos
2012 ◽  
Vol 459 ◽  
pp. 35-39
Author(s):  
Wen Guo Li ◽  
Shao Jun Duan ◽  
Zhi Hong Yin

The image segmentation algorithm based on facet model fitting is proposed, we firstly employ the facet model to fit the image intensity, and then calculate the fitting error. After acquiring seed segmentation region from the fitting error distribution, the region growing algorithm is implemented to enlarge the seed region to some region boundary. Finally, a new region merging algorithm is implemented to merge adjacent regipons into some large regions. Experiment results intestify the correctness of our proposed segmentation algorithm


1990 ◽  
Author(s):  
Γεώργιος Μάνος

"Bone age" age assessment is an important clinical tool in the area of paediatrics. The technique is based upon the appearance and growth of specific bones in a developing child. In particular most methods for "bone age" assessment are based on the examination of the growth of bones of the left hand and wrist on X-ray films. This assessment is useful in the treatment of growth disorders and also is used to predict adult height. One of the most reliable methods for "bone age" assessment is the TW2 method. The drawback of this method is that it is time consuming and therefore its automation is highly desirable. One of the most important aspects of the automation process is image segmentation i.e. the extraction of bones from soft-tissue and background. Over the past 10 years various attempts have been made at the segmentation of handwrist radiographs but with limited success. This can mainly be attributed to the characteristics of the scenes e.g. biological objects, penetrating nature of radiation, faint bone boundaries, uncertainty of scene content, and conjugation of bones. Experience in the field of radiographic image analysis has shown thatsegmentation of radiographic scenes is a difficult task requiring solutions which depend on the nature of the particular problem.There are two main approaches to image segmentation: edge based and region based. Most of the previous attempts at the segmentation of hand-wrist radiographs were edge based. Edge based methods usually require a w-ell defined model of the object boundaries in order to produce successful results. However, for this particular application it is difficult to derive such a model. Region based segmentation methods have produced promising results for scenes which exhibit uncertainty regarding their content and boundaries of objects in the image, as in the case, for example, of natural senes. This thesis presents a segmentation method based on the concept of regions. This method consists of region growing and region merging stages. A technique was developed for region merging which combines edge and region boundai^ information. A bone extraction stage follows which labels regions as either boneor background using heuristic rules based on the grey-level properties of the scene. Finally, a technique is proposed for the segmentation of bone outlines which helps in identifying conjugated bones. Experimental results have demonstrated that this method represents a significant improvement over existing segmentation methods for hand-wrist radiographs, particularly with regard to the segmentation of radiographs with varying degrees of bone maturity.


Author(s):  
P. N. Happ ◽  
R. S. Ferreira ◽  
G. A. O. P. Costa ◽  
R. Q. Feitosa ◽  
C. Bentes ◽  
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2019 ◽  
Vol 65 (No. 8) ◽  
pp. 321-329
Author(s):  
Haitao Wang ◽  
Yanli Chen

Because the image fire smoke segmentation algorithm can not extract white, gray and black smoke at the same time, a smoke image segmentation algorithm is proposed by combining rough set and region growth method. The R component of the image is extracted in the RGB colour space, the roughness histogram is constructed according to the statistical histogram of the R component, and the appropriate valley value in the roughness histogram is selected as the segmentation threshold, the image is roughly segmented. Relative to the background image, the smoke belongs to the motion information, and the motion region is extracted by the interframe difference method to eliminate static interference. Smoke has a unique colour feature, a smoke colour model is created in the RGB colour space, the motion disturbances of similar colour are removed and the suspected smoke areas are obtained. The seed point is selected in the region, and the region is grown on the result of rough segmentation, the smoke region is extracted. The experimental results show that the algorithm can segment white, gray and black smoke at the same time, and the irregular information of smoke edges is relatively complete. Compared with the existing algorithms, the average segmentation accuracy, recall rate and F-value are increased by 19%, 21.5% and 20%, respectively.<br /><br />


2005 ◽  
Vol 152 (6) ◽  
pp. 579 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Morimoto ◽  
Y. Harada ◽  
T. Koide ◽  
H.J. Mattausch

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